What I Told 2face About Portable – Timaya

Popular Nigerian musician, Timaya has disclosed that he admires controversial street-pop singer, Portable.

According to him, Portable reminds him of his younger self.

Timaya stated this in his latest interview on Channels Television.

He said when Portable came out newly he told 2face that the controversial singer was exactly like him in the past.

Reminiscing on his first encounter with Portable’s music, Timaya pointed out the similarities between them.

He said, “That’s why I like Portable, when he came out newly, I told 2face Idibia about him on our way to Delta State. I said, have you heard that guy Portable? Zazu Zeh. That guy is just like me because I was a crazy guy.

“These Gen Z’s don’t know about my early career. So, sometimes when I talk, some people would be like Timaya is unproblematic, he minds his business. I just look at them like, if only they knew me. It’s now that I have calmed, I was really really crazy then. I was hot like fire but I think there’s growth. At the time it was a strategy for me.”

‘I Will Bend You, Cripple You’ – Portable Blasts VDM Over Assault Video

Meanwhile, Portable, has slammed social media critic, VeryDarkMan, who called him out for assaulting a man at Felabration, an event held to celebrate the memory of late Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti.

Naija News reports that VDM had released a video of Portable hitting a man in a toilet and expressed his displeasure at the singer’s action.

He also warned Portable to desist from assaulting people.

Responding via a video shared on his Instagram page, Portable said he could beat up VDM, asking him to make findings about him (Portable) in Abuja.

He said, “Online madness dey different from Real life madness. I go bend you, I go mend you. I go cripple you. I am a one-man battalion. If I hold you…You are using Abuja to threaten me. Go and ak of me in Maraba Nyanya, use, Babangida market, go and ask of Lagos boy.”

Speaking further, Portable recounted what led to the faceoff between him and the man he assaulted.

He added, “My fans, you guys should have known the person I was beating. We had a one on one fighting, man to man. Someone who has collected money for up to five shows and ran away with my money for six months. That man, he collected money for my shows. Are you my manager?”